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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1996
Yuji Koide, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Kondo, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuo Fukushima, Yokohama, JP;
Masayoshi Sekine, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Sono, Hiratsuka, JP;
Gaku Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Koide, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Kondo, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuo Fukushima, Yokohama, JP;
Masayoshi Sekine, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Sono, Hiratsuka, JP;
Gaku Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
In an image sensing apparatus using an image sensing device, such as a CCD, to be used by connecting to an external device, such as a computer, an operating rate of the CCD is changed in accordance with a rate at which the computer receives image signals from the image sensing apparatus. Further, when the operating rate of the CCD is changed, a proper exposure value is conjectured to obtain an image sensed at a proper exposure on the basis of operating rates of the CCD before and after the operating rate is changed, and a proper exposure value of the CCD before the operating rate is changed.